Japan’s countrywide network of highway buses (kosoku buses) provides a cost-effective alternative to trains for long and medium-distance travel. These buses operate primarily on the country’s ...

A quick reference table of transportation options from Tokyo to Osaka: +-----+ Transportation Minimum price Time required ...

An autonomous bus is seen in operation in the city of Matsuyama on Dec. 25, 2024. (Mainichi/Akiko Hirose) MATSUYAMA -- In a Japan first, a self-driving bus began operating here on Dec. 25 at fully ...

When the Japan Highway Public Corp. was split up and privatized in 2005, the government announced a policy to collect tolls until 2050 to cover the construction costs--and to make the expressways ...

Five people were killed June 18 after an intercity bus collided with a truck carrying ... Hakodate along a straight section of the national highway with one lane each way.